government i think know about it. nelson says the a.t.f. prepared what he called a smoking gun report. internal review of case that suggests intradiction could have occurred with the guns and probably should have occur and did not occur. nelson said the d.o.j. objected to the release. the deputy attorney general office wasn t very happy with us because they thought the report was an admission that there were mistakes made. there were mistakes made. investigation is about documents and testimony and congressional investigators say they have less than 1% of the documents they want from the department of justice. it s also a shot across the back to you and suggests that the congress was probably one step closer to contempt hearings or a special prosecutor. back to you. bret: we ll stay on it. william, thank you. there are just about two weeks left to break the political stalemate ahead of the august 2 debt ceiling deadline. day treasury secretary says is the day the u.s. could sta
government is simply too great to lead to the kind of long-term reforms we need. reporter: reid says lawmakers must find a solution. we ll stay in session every day, saturday and sunday until congress passes legislation to prevent the united states from defaulting on negotiation. reporter: in chicago, key ally expressed support for the mcconnell-reid plan. more work to be done. joint committee can tackle it but it s responsible way out of the crisis. reporter: lindsey graham favors constitutional amendment but there isn t enough support in the senate. we have the people behind us. 72% of the american people want balanced budget. reporter: the president called for shared sacrifice. i am still pushing for to us achieve a big deal. but what i said to the group is if we can t do the biggest deal possible, then let s still be ambitious. let s still try to at least get a down payment on deficit
general eric holder the lawmakers warn him to stop stonewalling saying, it s not a fishing expedition. time for d.o.j. to get out of spin mode and in disclosure mode. nelson claims he wanted to meet with congress about fast and furious and that the d.o.j. said no. they were more interested in protecting the administration politically. it was frustrating, nelson said. it appears thoroughly to us the justice department is trying to figure out a way to push the information away from the it will call appointees at the department. this doesn t surprise a former judge and u.s. attorney who reviewed the fast and furious indictment. there is no way you can have an operation of this size and this magnitude and not have the highest levels of the government i think know about it. nelson says the a.t.f. prepared what he called a smoking gun report. internal review of case that